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GE using India as test bed for 3D printing to make lighter aircraft engines

GE has also installed a smaller, laser beam-powered 3D printer at IIT-Kanpur so that the institute can evangelise the technology in the country

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Bibhu Ranjan MishraYuvraj Malik
It may be only slightly bigger than a baggage scanner that you see in airports, but the 3D printing machine which catches your attention as soon as you enter General Electric’s additive manufacturing lab at its sprawling John F Welch Technology Center (JFWTC) in Bengaluru is much more than what meets the naked eye.

The laser beam-based additive manufacturing machine, which was procured from Germany last year, is manufactured by Concept Laser, one of the companies acquired by the Boston-headquartered technology giant in 2016. GE has also installed a smaller, laser beam-powered 3D printer at IIT-Kanpur so that the institute

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